Improvement in methods of riveting broken articles,of china, glassware



PQFOR RESTBR. Method of Riveting Broken Articles offlhinauGlassware-, 8w.

Y d. 207,265. Patented Aug. 20, I878.

ATTORIINIEY UNITED STATE$ PATENT. OFFICE.

PETER FORRESTER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN METHODS OFRIVETINfi BROKEN ARTICLESIO I CHINA, GLASSWARE,'&c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent ljN'o. 207,265, dated August 20, 1878 application filed July 2, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FoRREsrER, of

. Washington city, District of Columbia, have holes a directly opposite each other near the edges of the fracture, the parts of the broken article being fitted together.- Each. hole is drilled at an angle of about thirty degrees, the direction of the holes being toward each other, and the said holes not being extended through the object to be mended.

B is a clasp of any suitable material, as brass, silver, or other metal, formed by bending the ends of a piece of wire-downward to form the arms 6, that are at an angle of sixty degrees, or thereabout, to the straight per tron i.

The edges of the fractured object must first be thoroughly cleansed. I then proceed as follows:

In illustrating my invention, I use an ordinary china saucer, A, and the holes a are drilled at each side of the fracture, as shown in Fig. 4, directly opposite each other. The arm 1 at one end of the clasp B, is first par tially insertedin the hole a at one side of the fracture. The parts to be united being held tightly together in their original positions, the

other arm of the clasp is then partially inserted in the hole mat the other side of the fracture and, driven home, the arm 7 first inserted, being then also driven home, which fastens the two parts of the broken article se curely together. As many of these clasps may be used as are requisite. 1 thus dispense with all cement.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l represents two parts of a broken saucer, A, in section, the clasp B in the first position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the clasp B as it is bent for use, and before it is inserted in the broken article. Fig. 3 is a section of a saucer, A, show ing the position of the clasp B with the two arms i driven home. Fig. 4 is a detail in section, showing the relative positions of the opposite holes a. The dotted lines represent the clasp as it would appear, when in position to have the SGCOIltlitllll inserted in the second hole. ,Fig. 5 is abottom view of the saucer A, showing the clasps B, and the dotted line shows the direction of the fracture, the two parts of the mended article being drawn so closely together by the clasps that'no line is really visible when the pieces are mended soon after breaking. Fig. 6 is a top View of the saucer A repaired, which shows neither clasps nor crack. Having described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- --l. The wire clasp B, consisting of the straight portioiftand the arms 1', one at each end of the said straiglitpart forming therewith an angle of sixty degrees, (Ftlrerewd, adapted for use substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a broken china, porcelain, or glass object, A, having holes a at each side of the fracture directly opposite and inclining toward each other, with the clasp B,

PETER FORRESTER.

Witnesses:

F. S. EVANS, J. T. JOHNSON. 

